Wait and not be tired

if you can wait and not be tired by

waiting or being lied about

don't deal in lies

or being hated don't give way

to hating and yet don't look

too good nor talk too wise

if you can dream and not make dreams

your master

if you can think and not make thoughts

your aim

if you can meet with triumph and

disaster

and treat those two imposters just the

same

if you can bear to hear the truth you've

spoken

twisted by knaves to make a trap for

fools

or watch the things you gave your life

to

broken and stoop and build them up

with worn out tools